The Wars Quizzes

The Wars Quiz 1

1 In the novel's prologue, we meet Robert Ross, seated in a scene of destruction. There are two animals nearby. What are they?
A horse and a cow

A cat and a fox

A dog and a cat

A horse and a dog
2 What does Robert Ross discover in a cattle car during the novel's prologue?
Munitions

Grain

Horses

Prisoners
3 What color does Finley describe the moon as being in the novel's prologue?
Orange

Blue

Yellow

Red
4 What did Heather Lawson ask Robert Ross to do that he found absurd?
Enlist in the army to impress her father

Fight another man who loved her

Marry her on a dare and start a family

Run away with her to another country
5 In which division of the military is Robert Ross trying to enlist while at the train station?
Infantry

Cavalry division

Field artillery

Mountain division
6 What color is the dog that Robert Ross sees at the train station?
Gray

Brown

White

Black
7 Rowena, Robert's sister, was born with what ailment?
Hydrocephalus

Cardiomyopathy

Cardiomegaly

Hydrophobia
8 Where is Robert Ross when Rowena falls from her wheelchair?
Running in the fields

With a girlfriend

Swimming in a lake

In his bedroom
9 What kind of animal did Rowena house in cages in the stable?
Rabbits

Toads

Squirrels

Mice
10 What does Mrs Ross insist that Robert do after Rowena's death?
Leave the house forever

Kill her pet animals

Enlist in the military

Destroy her belongings
11 Everyone in the Ross family is aware of Mrs. Ros s's problem with this substance, but no one says anything. What substance is it?
Opium

Sedatives

Alcohol

Cocaine
12 What did Robert Ross do when he saw Teddy Budge going to the stable?
Assaulted him from behind

Started arguing with his father

Began weeping uncontrollably

Ran to the phone to alert the police
13 What did Mrs. Ross tell Robert while he was soaking in the bathtub?
She wished he had died instead of his sister

She wasn't responsible for keeping him safe

She wanted him to leave home immediately

She was going to divorce his father and remarry
14 What does Robert Ross say he hopes to learn from a mentor figure?
The will to kill another human being

The courage to fight in the trenches

The fortitude to not give into fear

The skills to outmaneuver an enemy
15 Robert Ross says that the rigidity of training reminds him of another place he spent part of his life. What place is he speaking of?
Juvenile prison

Boarding school

Physical education class

Detention hall
16 While running one day, Robert Ross encounters a coyote. Where does the coyote lead him?
To a valley with a small pond

To a mountain top overlooking a river

To its den at the base of a hill

To a secluded wooded grove
17 What did the coyote that Robert Ross encountered do before leaving him?
Let him pet it gently

Barked three times

Ran and played with him

Bared its teeth at him
18 After his encounter with the coyote, Robert Ross returns to his barracks late. What is his punishment?
Cleaning all the latrines

Tidying the horse stalls

Confinement to his quarters

Mess hall duty for a month
19 What was Robert Ross doing when he came across Eugene Taffler?
Surveying the land for water

Searching for two lost horses

Replacing targets on the rifle range

Using a mine detector to find mines
20 What was Eugene Taffler doing when Robert Ross first met him?
Chopping wood with a large fire axe

Throwing stones at empty glass bottles

Shooting tin cans with his revolver

Fishing for salmon along a riverbank
21 Who did Robert Ross feel could be the mentor he was looking for?
Mr Ross

Harris

Levitt

Eugene Taffler
22 What did Robert Ross request that his father send him when he wrote to him?
A pistol

A hat

Gloves

Boots
23 What type of business does Maria Dreyfus run?
A bar

A brothel

A restaurant

A casino
24 What are the three houses in Lousetown colloquially referred to as?
"The Church", "The Bar", and "The Playhouse"

"Dry Goods", "Wet Goods", and "Spoiled Goods"

"Upstairs", "Downstairs", and "Limbo"

"The Head", "The Body", and "The Nether Regions"
25 Whose horse and dog did Robert Ross recognize while on his visit to Lousetown?
Poole's

Levitt's

Thomas Ross's

Eugene Taffler's

In the book "The Wars" by Timothy Findley, though the novel's setting is largely the battlefield of World War One, the world war is p in the title. why do you believe that findley made this decision? what are the different wars that take place?

The novel concerns itself with a number of different "wars". First, there is the obvious literal war of World War I. However, domestic disputes also factor into the title. Both the Ross and d'Orsey families experience problems at home while the...

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 1/31/2024 11:17 AM